Jon Medved, an ardent capitalist, stands in front of 3,000 investors, startups and businesspeople in Jerusalem, picking apart a graph that demonstrates one way capitalism creates...
Read MoreJonathan Medved, OurCrowd’s chief executive officer, discusses the impact of the recent market volatility on crowdfunding with Bloomberg’s Elliott Gotkine on “Bloomberg...
Read MoreOurCrowd’s portfolio company mPrest was featured in The Times of Israel, an English-language news website covering Israel, the region & the Jewish world. mPrest is a global provider of mission-critical monitoring and control solutions for the defense, security, utility and Internet of Things (IoT) sectors. Crowdfunding, until now the scraggy little brother of “real” venture capital investing, is all grown up and ready to take its place at the investment table, as is clear from the company it has begun keeping. No less a company than mPrest, the creator of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense technology, has opted to raise money in a new round with Israeli crowdfunding pioneers OurCrowd. “They have a huge network of potential investors and customers that we feel can help us more than a typical venture capital fund,” said CEO Natan Barak Monday. “For a company like ours it is not a typical move, but one that we feel is good for us.” mPrest raised $14,799,157 from OurCrowd investors in January 2016. Read more on The Times of Israel...
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Menlo Park, Calif., and Petach Tikwa, Israel—January 25, 2016—mPrest, a global provider of mission-critical monitoring and control software for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced today that it has raised a $20 million Series A round of funding. The round was led by GE Ventures, the venture arm of GE, and OurCrowd, one of the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platforms. mPrest will use the investment to expand its international presence in the industrial and commercial markets and rapidly scale to meet the soaring needs of the IoT world. Read more...
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After months of planning, we’re excited to finally kick off OurCrowd’s 2016 Global Investor Summit in Jerusalem. Over 3,000 attendees from around the world are weathering the storm and streaming into Binyanei Hauma for what is going to be an incredible event! We will be updating this blog live throughout the day — come back to see new features, highlights, and updates here! ———– Welcome to Jerusalem! Doors opened at 8AM with breakfast; the Summit kick-off will begin promptly at 9AM. Don’t miss the opening, including a look at the future car with Honda Silicon Valley Lab. Register on arrival: When you arrive, first visit the registration booths to collect your name tag, agenda, notebook and other materials. Download the event app: Click here to download the official Summit app and view the updated agenda, a who’s who of attendees, and more goodies throughout the day. OurCrowd’s staff are waiting at the Information Desk for the Summit attendees, if you need help getting around or want to accredit — this is the place to go! For the full Summit agenda, please...
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